#antonyms

sees post about how "strange nerd" and "transgender" are anagrams

"what if there was a guy who treats all anagrams as synonyms of each other"

"how different can two phrases which are anagrams of each other get"

"are there any antonymic anagrams"

Amused look

Beam

Beatific

Bright look

Bewail

Bemoan

Cloudy look

Delighted look

Dirty look

Eye / Eyed

Eye cooly

Frown

Grin

Glower

Glare

Grimace

Glout

Glunch

Lour

Leer

Moue

Mow

Mope

Pursed lips

Pout

Pleased look

Rictus

Smirk

Simper

Sneer

Scowl

Sulk

Smug look

Stare coldly

Sullen look

Smicker

Smirtle

Snigger

Snicker

Tender look

Twinkle

Wince

This probably has been done before, but here are some websites that are damn useful if you’re a writer and struggling with words.

FUCK I ALREADY USED THAT WORD 2 SENTENCES BEFORE

Way more practical than Tumblr posts that you may find back on Pinterest. thesaurus.com is one of my most used website when it comes to finding a synonym. You just need to type in the word you’re using (e.g. happy) and it’s going to give you synonyms of that word. Simple as that. 

HOW DO YOU FUCKING CALL THAT WARM THINGY??

Let’s face it, there have been times where we couldn’t remember what was the word we wanted. And there’s a solution for that! OneLook is a life saver. For example, that “warm thingy”. You can’t remember what’s it called? Type that bad boy in and the website is going to find it for you!

WHAT RHYMES WITH “SUN”????

If by any chance you’re writing poetry, you may need that one. Let me tell you about RhymeZone. Let’s say you’re looking for a word that rhymes with “sun”, but you can’t think of any at the moment. Well, you know what to do. Head to the website, type “sun” and m a g i c, it’s going to give you a bunch of words and sentences that rhymes with your word! The website also offers to find antonyms, synonyms, homophones, related words and so on. So really damn useful.

HOW DO I FUCKING START

I know how hard it is when it comes to starting a new chapter or a new paragraph. That’s why I sometimes use randomwordgenerator. I’m going to be completely honest, I don’t really use it. When I do, it’s mostly to find inspiration. But hey, who knows? Maybe you’re going to find your first line starter there!

I’ve been noticing a lot of antonyms in my studies recently, so I thought I’d put together a collection of antonym pairs that come up a lot for me or that I find particularly useful. As I’ve learned words that seem similar, like 严厉 and 严格, knowing antonym pairs has actually helped me distinguish these words.

Note: Some of these pairs are not “exclusive” because a single word can have multiple antonyms. For instance, I’ve also seen 开朗 as the opposite of 内向, but I chose 外向 for this post.

丑化 chǒuhuà to defame / to libel / to defile / to smear / to vilify 美化 měihuà to make more beautiful / to decorate / embellishment

个人 gèrén - individual / personal / oneself 集体 jítǐ - collective / social / team

乐观 lèguān - optimistic / hopeful 悲观 bēiguān - pessimistic

事实 shìshí - fact 谎言 huǎngyán - lie

仔细 zǐxì - careful / attentive / cautious 马虎 mǎhu - careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy

以上 yǐshàng - that level or higher / that amount or more / the above-mentioned 以下 yǐxià - that level or lower / that amount or less / the following

优势 yōushì - superiority / dominance / advantage 劣势 lièshì - inferior / disadvantaged

优点 yōudiǎn - merit / benefit / strong point / advantage 缺点 quēdiǎn - weak point / fault / shortcoming / disadvantage

先进 xiānjìn - advanced (technology) / to advance 落后 luòhòu - to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress

全面 quánmiàn - all-around / comprehensive / total / overall 片面 piànmiàn - unilateral / one-sided